Bag-holder.



P. TRELEVEM BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. r. 191s.

3l SQQ. 9 1 Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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.PETER TRELEAVEN, or SANv DIEGO, cALIFonNI :Bac-HOLDER.

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Application filed February 7, 1916. Serial No. 76,669. gj

d, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the followin'gis a specification.

porting Varticles in convenient'position for inspectionorremoval one vat atime without disturbing the remaining articles, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed device which may be suspended froma ceiling or other supportin convenient position.

The improved device, is designed more particularly for supporting paper bags and the like, but may be employed with slight-v and unimportant modifications for suppol'ty ing different articles of merchandise in convenient position for display, inspection, or to enable one or more articles to be removed from the support 'without disturbing .or disarranging the remaining articles.

With th'es'e and other objects in view,

the invention consists in .certain novel fea-v vone of the devices; Fig. 3 `is a transverse section ,on the line 3 3 of Fig. y1.

Corresponding and' like parts are referrd lto in the following description and indicated invall the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a body 10 of any suitable length, and preferably constructed of wood and suspended by any suitable means as, for instance, by eyes 11 and cords 12 from a. ceiling or Yother support, the latter not being shown as it forms no part of the present invention. The body 10 will be suspended at a convenient height above a counter or otherwise suitably located at a convenient distance above the floor or counter sothat the article supported from the body may be readily reached by the clerk.

1n practice the bodyhlO willlgenerally bef constructed from a board 01E-hard woodV and will be provided in its lower 4'edge 'with a;

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Specification of Letters Patent.`

This invention relates to devices 'for sup- Patented'l v.

plurality Ofi I'QCGSSGS each including .per side 13 and a verticalfportiont 14, thef' portion 13 preferablyextending .obliquely to the longitudinal axiseoff. the body; As illustrated the portions; 13 ,extendfroni the bottom terminal of one.of,.thevertical portions 14 t0 the next portion lefineadvance The lower edge of the membend'() ,is-thus formed into a series of recesses of the form described, and anyV required number of recesses may be employed and of any required length. Inserted into the bottom of each recess adjacent to its vertical portion- 14 is an -upwardly opening hook 15, andinserted into the body 10 near the opposite end of each recessie-an eye 16. The members 1'5-16 are preferablyl of the ordinary screw hook and screw eye form, as illustrated in Fig. 3. A. suspension member is employed foreach of the recesses and each consists of a rod 17, preferably pointed .at .one end, as shown at, 18, and with the other end bent at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the rod, as shown at 19.

In employing the improved device the pointed end 18 of the rod 17 is thrust through the eye 16 and the body of the rod neirt to the bent portion 19 engaged with the hook15. When thus arranged the dependingportion 19 will be disposed be-l tween the hook 15 andthe vertical portion 14: of the recess, so that the-rod is prevented fromv movement longitudinally thereof in one direction by the wall portion 14.- and prevented from movement longitudinally thereof in the opposite dire 'on by the hook 15. By this means each of t e rods -is held 4from displacement downwardlyY and longitudinally and can be removed only by elevating the portion which engages the hook 15 and then moving the rod laterally to disengage it from the hook.

The holding devices are designed to support articles, more particularly paper bags, asillustrated at 20, in convenient position for removal by thev clerk, and by employing a plurality' of the supporting devices in connection `with each body 10, bags orr fthe remaining bags.A When the bags, are all used up from any one of the' holding des.

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an upwardly opening hook relatively near l the shoulder, an eye spaced from the hook, and a rod pointed at one end and with an offset at the other end,lthe body of the rod being. of greater length than the distanceV between the eye and the hook,v so that when the pointed end of the rod is inserted through the eye and the odset end engaged with the hook, the rod is prevented from edwise displacement in either direction by the coaction of the offset,` the hook and the shoulder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

y PETER TRELEAVEN. [La] Viitnesses:

` SARAH S..RoGnRs,

JAS. B. SPRAGUE. 

